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The Kite Runner

I imagine that many of you will already have read this book or, if not, you will have come across one of the many rave reviews it has been given.

In which case, I apologise, but I loved this book so much that I want everyone to read it.

The Kite Runner of the title is Hassan, an illiterate Afghan boy (whose name derives from his extraordinary ability to predict where a kite will land), and the destruction of his childhood friendship with Amir is very much the story of modern Afghanistan.